Water-elevator.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

J. PETERSON.

WATER ELEVATOR.

APPLLOATION FILED JUNE 2, 1904.

witness lilo. 783,590.

Patented February 28, 190%.,

a, l FFTCEW JAMES PETERSON, OF SPRING CITY, UTAH.

WATER-ELEVATOR,

SPECIFICATION Iorming part of Letters Patent No. 783,590, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed Julie 2, 1904. Serial No. 210,836.

To U/U/ 10/1/0111, [it HUI/7] concern:

Be itknown that I, JAMES lrn'rn'nson, acitizen oi the United States, residing at Spring City, in the county of Sanpete and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVater-Elevators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates improvements in wator-elevators.

The object of the invention is to provide a device or an apparatus whereby water maybe quickly and easily raised from deep or shallow wells.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is simple 01 construction, easily operated, durable, and well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement oi? devices, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through the elevator, showing the same arranged in a well; and Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the same.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes an outer tube or pipe which is arranged in the well. The upper end of said tube or pipe projects above the well, and the lower end of the same is sub merged within the water at the bottom of the same. The tube or pipe 1 is open at its up per end, and its lower end is closed and has formed thereon a downwardly-projecting cylindrical casing 52. In the portion of said closed end which is within the casing 52 is arranged an inlet-valve 3.

1n the casing 2 is arranged a short tube or cylinder 4, which is adapted to slide up and down between said casing and the lower end of the tube 1. Within the tube 1 is disposed a second tube or pipe 5, said pipe being open at its upper end, and closed at its lower end, said lower end being also weighted. The

weight in this end is preferably formed by making the lower end of the tube 5 solid, as at 6. In the outer wall of the tube 5, adjacent to the lower end thereof, is formed a series of notches or recesses 7, which when said tube 5 is lowered are adapted to be engaged by spring-catches 8, which are liXed to project upwardly from the short tube or cylinder 1.

Projecting inwardly from the inner walls oi? the outer tube or pipe lat a suitable distance above the lower end 01 the same are releasing devices or lugs 9, which lie in the path of the upward movement of the spring-catches 8 and are adapted to engage the same, and thereby release the short tube or cylinder 4- and permit the same to drop.

Around the upper end oi' the outer tube or pipe 1 may be arranged a trough or other receptacle 10, which is adapted to catch the wa ter raised by said elevator. The water in said trough may be conducted through a suitable discharge spout or pipe 12 to wherever the same may be desired for use.

To the upper end of the tube or pipe 5 attached a bail 13, which may be connected to any suitable pumping mechanism. (Not shown.) in operation the inner tube or cylinder is lowered within the outer cylinder 1 until the lower end of the same automatically engages the catches 8 on the short tube or cylinder 1. The tube 5 is now raised, carrying therewith the short cylinder 1 and by said action drawing in water through the valve 3 into the space formed by the raising of the cylinder 1. The tube or pipe is raised until the releasing devices 9 are engaged by the spring-catches 8, said devices releasing said catches from engagement with the tube 5 and permitting the short cylinder 1 to drop back into the casing 2 and leaving the water caught in the same within the outer cylinder 1, where it joins the water already accumulated in said pipe. The tube or pipe 5 is now lowered again, which will cause the water in said outer tube or pipe 1 to rise owing to the displacement by the lowering of the tube 5, and should the pipe 1 be full 01" water the same will be caused to overflow into the trough 10. When the tube 5 is thus lowered, it will again engage the catches 8 and be automatically connected with the cylinder 4:, when the raising operation is repeated. It will thus be seen that by the rapid raising and lowering of the inner pipe or tube 5 a continual overflowing of the water from the pipe 1 is maintained, thereby raising the water from the well. The weight of the inner tube or pipe 5 is approximately the same as the pressure of the water around it in the pipe 1, so that the same may be easily raised and lowered.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a water-elevator, the combination with an outer tube or pipe closed at its lower end and having an inlet-valve arranged in said lower end, of an inner tube or pipe of less diameter than said outer pipe and arranged therein, means actuated by the raisingof said inner tube to draw Water into said outer pipe, said Water being raised in said outer pipe, and caused to overflow from the same by the lowering of said inner tube, substantially as described.

2. In a water-elevator, the combination with an outer tube or pipe closed at its lower end and having an inlet-valve formed therein, of a closed casing formed on said lower end and projecting below the same, a short cylinder or tube adapted to work up and down in said casing and the lower end of the outer tube or from the lower end of said inner tube, substantially as described.

3. In a water-elevator, the combination with an outer tube or pipe closed at its lower end and having an inlet-valve formed therein, of a closed casing formed on said lower end and projecting below the same, a short cylinder or tube adapted to work up and down in said casing and the lower end of the outer tube or pipe, an inner tube or pipe closed and weighted at its lower end and adapted to be moved up and down in said outer tube, notches formed in the lower end of said inner tube, springcatches formed on the upper end of said short tube or cylinder and adapted to engage said notches or recesses, and means whereby said spring catches are automatically released when said inner tube is raised to permit said cylinder to drop, substantially as described.

4. In a water-elevator, the combination with an outer tube or pipe closed at its lower end and having an inlet-valve formed therein, of a closed casing formed on said lower end and projecting below the same, a short cylinder or tube adapted to work up and down in said casing and the lower end of the outer tube or pipe, an inner tube or pipe closed and weighted at its lower end and adapted to be moved up and 'down in said outer tube, notches formed in the lower end of said inner tube, springcatches formed on the upper end of said short tube or cylinder and adapted to engage said notches or recesses, lugs or projections formed on the inner wall of said outer tube to engage said spring-catches when said inner tube is raised and automatically release said short cylinder, thereby pern'iitting the same to drop, and means whereby the water raised and overfiowed from said outer tube or pipe may be caught and conducted to a place of use, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES PETERSON. itnesses:

BENJ. E. CowL, A. H. BRUNESSEE. 

